Improvement in umbrella-holders



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PATE'NTED DEC 27 `187A() a 'uwy f III I A A Wfl-265565: [ralf/cruzar:

da sate @sind @dat 'ALMON CLARKE, OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, VISCONSIN,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS :RIGHT TO CHARLES A. SPENCER, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 110,434, dated December 27, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN UMBRELLA-HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of thesame.

l', ALMON CLARKE, of Sheboygan Falls, county of Sheboygan and State ofWisconsin, have invented the new and improved Adjustable Umbrella-Holderof which the following is a specification.

The rst part of my invention relates to a new mode of holding umbrellasso that they can be sel cured at any desired altitude or angle, or inany dcsired direction.

The second'part of my invention relates to the construction of animproved umbrella-holder and the combination of parts, as hereinparticularly set forth and described.

In the drawing-k Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved adjustableumbrella-holder.

Figure 2 shows the double hearing D, on a larger scale.

Figures 3, 4, and 5 are modifications.

A represents a socket, which may he attached to the i'loor of acarriage, or to any other suitable place or object.

l is a bearing, to be secured to any suitable object, as acarriage-seat, in a vert-ical`line above A. it carries set-screws, a,for the purpose of securing the upright shaft C, which rests in thesocket A and extends any desired distance above and through the bearingB, and has secured upon its upper end by means of pin c, or otherwise,the double hearing D.

The double bearing D is composed of two parts or disks with suitablesockets oi-tubes for securing thc same to the upright shaft C andumbrella-stai` S, respectively'.

The disks are united at their Centers by a pin,

upon which is loosely placed the washer d, to permit the disks torotate.

Set-screw E, working in slot e, fig. 2, secures the "disks in anyrelative position to each other desired.

l'he statt' of the umbrella is placed in the tubes F and lf", and heldsecurely by set-screw f.

lt is obvious that the umbrella may be placed and held at any desiredaltitude by adjusting the staff upward or downward in the tubes.

The socket a is secured to the door of the earriage, andthe ring ll tothe front of the seat, in a Vertical line above rl.

A hard-wood staff, of sullieient length to extend from the lloor of thecarriage about one foot above` the seal, passes through the ring l andrests in the socket a.

L'pon the upper end of this :stall thesockct C is firmly si cured.

'l'he s ill or handle of the umbrella passes-through tlze clasp-ring l)and the ringr 1C.

The umbrella can be raised or lowered, as desired, and securely held bymeans of the set-screw, which regulates the diameter of the clasp-ringD.

This is superior to the old apparatus, from the fact that the screwcannot be worked loose, as in the old, by the shaking motion of theumbrella-staff.

The disks F F are bolted together by a centerbolt, the head of which issquare and rests in a coun-v tersink. l

A nut working upon 'the other end of the bolt regulates the pressure 0fthe two disks.

lhe surfaces of the disks coming in contact with each other are madeslightly concave, so that the pressure will be toward the circumferenceinstead of at the center of the disks.

This constitutes an adjustable hearing, by means of which the umbrellacan he held at any desired angle; and it can he adjusted to any .pointof compass by turning the staff in the ring B and socket a, and securingit by means of the set-screw in the ring The operation of theumbrella-holder is as follows The shaft O rotates in the socket A andbearing B, carrying with it the double hearing D, by which theumbrella-staff is secured, as before described,

and adjusted at any desired angle, by means of the rotating disks andset-screw E.

When it is desired to secure the umbrella in any particular position,direction, or point of compass, and to' prevent the rotation of theshaft C, let the set-screw a be tightened.

It will be seen that this invention presents a simple, convenient, andsecure means for holding umbrellas; and A What I claim as new, and forwhich I desire to secure Letters Patent, is-

l. The method of holding an umbrella so that it can be adjusted andsecured at any desired altitude o1' angle, and in any direct-ion.

2. The double bearing D, constructed and operated as described, and forthe purpose specified.

3, lhe combination ofthc shaft C with the socket- A, bearingr B, anddouble bearing D, as described, and for thc purpose specified.

4. The improved umbrella-holder, constructed, arranged, operated, andoperating as specified.

ALBION CLARKE.

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